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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cavall" data-source="post: 5402082" data-attributes="member: 100498">I really think putting a melee fighter up against a party buffer is rather silly. None of this measures anything. Besides, you are betting the farm on someone that can't fight another person that is invisible, greased armoured and blinking with haste. Not to mention capable of producing fear effects. But thats kind of my point. the Bard shines as a party BUFFER. Better than any class really because unlike many other classes that COULD buff you, a bard WILL buff you. That doesn't make him inferior, it makes a party as a whole superior. All the powers I mentioned there are going to be given to you as a monk, not taken as a weapon against you. In that sense, for promoting party cohesion over "rewarding the specialist", the bard stands alone as the greatest class in the game. He allows everyone to shine rather than a few people wait in the back ground while the specialst of the hour does the task at hand.  That is what I want from a DND group. Parties that party together, not wait in line to be useful. Bard insure it, and enforce it. Best leader and buffer class in the game, and from a roleplaying standpoint, unequalled.</blockquote>